Sujet

Wreck of the "Orion" at Low Water, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Wreck of the "Orion" at Low Water, 1850. The Orion paddle steamer struck a submerged rock near Portpatrick Lighthouse, Wigtownshire, Scotland. 41 of the 200 passengers on board died. View of '...the. wrecked ship as she lay sunk at Portpatrick, about two gun-shots north of the lighthouse; the deck being then considered 18 feet under water, and the top of one of the paddle-boxes being just seen above, it being low-water when she struck.' From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A34_472

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,7Mo (3,6Mo) / 42,0cm x 29,6cm / 4960 x 3500 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation sea water people boat boats ship ships tide British geography dead dramatic steamer death drowned passengers passenger paddle steamer paddle steamers disaster Victorian century rowing boat shipwreck Britain wreck rowing boats low tide catastrophe newspapers press concept natural phenomena B&W engraved engraving steamship 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W deaths nineteenth century shipwrecked The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News steam ship ILN newspaper Unknown 19th-century